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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae)
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Stripe-backed Moth - Arogalea cristifasciella Hodges #1851 - female
Copyright © 2008 Michel Kleinbaum

Stripe-backed Moth - Arogalea cristifasciella Hodges #1851 - Female
Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
August 10, 2008
Size: 9mm+/-
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Contributed by Michel Kleinbaum on 10 August, 2008 - 1:49pm
Last updated 12 February, 2010 - 3:08am

Moved to Gelechiidae
Moved from Moths.

Arogalea cristifasciella is a good guess but the am. lines form and upside down "V" whereas in this image it's a "U". I don't know if this is diagnostic but all the images in the Guide, MPG and All-leps for Arogalea cristifasciella seem to share that characteristic.
… Steve Nanz, 12 February, 2010 - 3:08am login or register to post comments

Moth
This looks somewhat like Stripe-backed Moth - Arogalea cristifasciella. I've looked at a number of images of this and none is just like this one even though the striping seems rather variable. For now, I guess I don't really know.
… David E. Reed, 11 August, 2008 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

 
moth
thanks a lot for your help.
Michel Kleinbaum
… Michel Kleinbaum, 12 August, 2008 - 2:21pm login or register to post comments

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